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present tense third-person singular of let
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as in rents
chiefly British to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment the pensioner has begun letting rooms in her home to earn some extra money

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lets

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noun

plural of let

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lets
Verb
Abandoned by her family, Pooro lets Rashida marry her, take her to another village, and change her name to Hamida. JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025 This flexibility lets more firms rely on computers in many places. Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025 Not the easiest, but the kind that wraps itself around your heart and never lets go. Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025 Additionally, Esterhazy believes that the script, written by brothers Jon and Al Kaplan, lets viewers empathize with Paola, no matter how wild the situations became. William Earl, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025 Its modular build lets users quickly disassemble and customize it for different experiments. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025 The deal also lets Microsoft pursue AGI independently, or with third parties, while still requiring OpenAI to share many of its research techniques and breakthroughs. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025 My bill lets Florida voters decide in 2026 whether to eliminate property taxes while protecting funding for schools and public safety. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025 Amazon Halloween costumes on Amazon lets shoppers divide their costumes into categories, decades and material. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
With nearly 1,000 employees, the company that Lebda founded lets borrowers browse loans from multiple providers including credit cards, mortgages or personal loans. Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025 Leveraging Scholten’s experience with convertible cars, a folding or removable top lets in the sun and breeze. IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lets
Verb
  • This approach drastically reduces energy consumption and allows the screen to be placed very close to the eye.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The committee voted to ask Attorney General Josh Kaul to opine on whether grooming falls under the statute related to immoral conduct, which allows DPI to revoke a license if an educator violates it.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The specific model used in the heist was sold to a customer in the Greater Paris area who rents it out, according to Böcker’s statement.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • OpenAI rents out Nvidia graphics chips to run models through Oracle, as well as CoreWeave, Google and Microsoft.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Not every such deprivation becomes a literal matter of life and death as in the play, but making use of such scenarios enables Shakespeare to highlight more effectively the danger of arbitrary action.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Re-Calvin is powered by Trove’s new Takeback Plug-In, which enables Calvin Klein to manage item intake, routing and transparency at scale.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Native to Texas and Mexico, autumn sage tolerates heat and drought but also adapts to a variety of growing conditions.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Santa Barbara daisy, which is actually native to Mexico and Central America, is meant not only for sunny garden, block wall, or walkway border planting, but tolerates a fair dose of shade as well as poor soil and drought.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The television industry can be a competitive environment for emerging writers with no shortage of obstacles.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The obstacles to higher uptake are multifold and stubborn.
    Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The arrangement permits these detectives to assist with immigration enforcement.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • If time permits, disconnect utilities and appliances.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Adler offers a $750 gift card if a tenant leases within 48 hours of touring the apartment.
    Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • When a customer leases an EV through the program, their payment reflects application of the tax credit and the finance company gets reimbursed.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If a film ignores the author and the core fans, there’s no chance.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Yet that argument ignores the fact that labor markets are a function of both supply and demand, both of which are positively affected by people.
    Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Lets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lets. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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